Folk omens for August 3 of the year.

Holiday:

Independence Day in Niger West Africa, official name- Republic of Niger).

Orthodox calendar:

Memorial Day of the Prophet Ezekiel (VI century BC).

Memorial Day of St. Simeon, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, and John, his companion (c. 590).

Memorial Day of St. Onuphry the Silent and Onesimus the Recluse, Caves, in the Near Caves (XII-XIII).

Lent day.

Folk calendar:

Semenov day.

With seeds, they begin to sow rye with a full handful.

Start picking apples.

They feed.

Flower horoscope(read also different horoscopes):

Those born on August 3-12 are patronized by the talisman flower Sunflower. A person of this sign always goes forward (moves in the sun).

Time, events, people on this day

August 3, 1492 the first expedition of Christopher Columbus took place in 1492-1493, consisting of 90 people on three ships - Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina. The Sargasso Sea was discovered, the islands in the Bahamas archipelago, named by Columbus San Salvador, were reached, where he landed on October 12, 1492 (the official date of the discovery of America).

August 3, 1677 Turkish army under the command of Ibrahim Pasha, she marched from the Danube and laid siege to Chigirin, under which more than 40 thousand joined her Crimean Tatars. This was the beginning of the 1st Chigirinsky campaign.

August 3, 1735 Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm (Schlemmer) was born in Hanau, in the marriage of Schlemmer (German: Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm (Schlemmer) - the elder and childless sister of Philip Wilhelm Grimm (1751-1796), the father of the Brothers Grimm, and had a significant influence on Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859), she died December 18, 1796 in Steinau an der Strasse.

August 3, 1766 Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, a German botanist, doctor and philologist, was born in Boldekov; science historian. Thanks to his father, a priest, he received a broad education. He was fluent not only in Latin and Greek, but also Arabic. He is best known for his contributions to modern science expressed in the stimulation and encouragement of microscopic studies of the tissues of developed plants. He was the first who, in his work Historia Rei Herbariae, classified the plants described in ancient sources according to the Linnaean system. Sprengel was a university professor and director botanical garden in Galle. The plant genus Sprengelia from the Heather family is named in his honor. He died March 15, 1833 in Halle.

August 3, 1834(July 22, O.S.) 1834 Vasily Vladimirovich Petrov, a Russian experimental physicist, self-taught electrical engineer, researcher, academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (since 1809; corresponding member since 1802), died in St. Petersburg. Produced a number of important experiments, giving rise to the development and study of the effect of luminescence. Conducted an extensive analysis of the phenomena and discoveries of predecessors in the field of electricity. He discovered the phenomenon of glow between two electrodes - an electric arc. The academician was one of the first to be interested in physical properties snow. He owns the discovery of sublimation, or sublimation, of snow and the formulation experimental laws sublimation of snow and ice.

During the last years of his life, he did little scientific experiments due to progressive cataracts in both eyes. His non-standard (objectionable) point of view in some scientific matters led to the fact that his colleagues turned away from him, and he, at the end of his life, was not awarded the special honors that should have been conferred on him for years of tireless work and many major discoveries. Even the question of erecting a monument to the scientist, raised after the death of Petrov, did not find support from former colleagues and was taken off the agenda. Now even the location of his grave in the St. Petersburg cemetery is not known. Born July 19 (July 8, old style) 1761 in the city of Oboyan, Belgorod province, in the family of a parish priest.

August 3, 1889 by complying with government decree tsarist Russia about the formation of the state of the Anadyr district in the northeasternmost territory, Russian military doctor and polar explorer Leonid Frantsevich Grinevetsky founded the Novo-Mariinsk post at the mouth of the Kazachka River. The city of Anadyr began to develop from it.

August 3, 1902 The expedition of the Russian polar explorer Eduard Vasilyevich Toll reached Bennett Island in search of Sannikov Land.

August 3, 1903 in Monastir, in Tunisia, Habib Bourguiba was born - President of Tunisia in 1957-1987. General Secretary(1934-1938), Chairman (1938-1987) of the Socialist Desturov Party. In 1956-1969 the head of the government. Passed away April 7, 2000.

August 3, 1914 the first naval action of the First World War took place - german cruiser"Augsburg" began to bomb the Russian port of Libava (Liepaja).

August 3, 1915 in Sydney was born Arthur Birch (Arthur John Birch) - Australian chemist, full member of the Australian Academy of Sciences (1954, 1982-1986 president), foreign member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1976; RAS since 1991). Died December 8, 1995.

August 3, 1920 The People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR adopted a resolution "On the mandatory registration of printed works."

August 3, 1921 The Petrograd Extraordinary Commission arrested the Russian poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilyov. On August 25, the sentence was carried out by firing squad. Born April 15 (April 3 O.S.) 1886 in Kronstadt.

August 3, 1924 in Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury, the English writer Joseph Conrad (pseudonym; real name Jozef Theodor Konrad Kozhenevsky (Korzeniowski)) died. Born December 3, 1857 in Berdichev, Ukraine.

August 3, 1929 in Rostov-on-Don, the first in the USSR automatic telephone exchange for 6000 numbers, built with the assistance of the Swedish company Ericsson, began to operate.

August 3, 1934 Vladimir Leonidovich Durov, a Russian trainer and circus artist, Honored Artist of the Republic (1927), died in Moscow. Brother of Anatoly Leonidovich Durov. In 1882, at the M. Truzzi circus (in Voronezh), he began to demonstrate trained animals. Durov built animal training on feeding: the animal received food for the trick done. Vladimir Leonidovich conducted psychological experiments on animals, by telepathy. For work, he attracted famous psychologists and psychiatrists. Later started publish a scientific journal, where he described his sometimes very interesting experiences, but the first number scientific journal and remained unpopular. To earn money, on January 8, 1912, Durov opened a living corner theater in his house, which later became known as Durov's Corner. He gave paid performances with animals. Vladimir Durov was born on July 7 (June 25, O.S.) 1863 in Moscow, into a noble family.

August 3, 1935 in the village of Leonovtsy, Vitebsk region Egor Andreevich Tomko was born - Soviet military leader, Hero Soviet Union, commander of the 11th division of nuclear submarines (NPS) of the Red Banner Northern Fleet, vice admiral. He died on April 1, 2008 in St. Petersburg.

August 3, 1940 The 7th session of the USSR Supreme Council granted the request of the Seimas of Lithuania for admission to the USSR.

August 3, 1940 Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky, a writer and leader of the Zionist movement, died. Until 1914 he lived in Russia, after 1920 - mainly in France. Wrote in Russian, Hebrew, French. In stories, journalism, plays ("Foreign land", 1910) - the idea national identity and the revival of Russian Jewry. Historical novel"Samson Nazarene" (1927). Memoirs "The Tale of My Days" (published in 1985).

August 3, 1946 Nikolai Petrovich Burlyaev was born in Moscow - Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film director. People's Artist of Russia (1996). Member of the Writers' Union of Russia.

August 3, 1948 Polish politician Anthony Macierewicz was born in Warsaw. Since 2015, he has been the Minister of Defense of Poland. He also served as Minister of the Interior and Head of Counterintelligence, and was a member of the European Parliament. In the 1970s, he participated in the creation of the anti-Soviet organization the Committee for the Defense of Workers, which became the forerunner of Solidarity. In 1991-1992 he served as Minister of the Interior, in 2006-2007 he headed military counterintelligence.

August 3, 1948 in Moscow, in the family of participants in the Great Patriotic War Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Gordeev was born - Soviet and Russian ballet soloist, choreographer, choreographer, theater director, teacher. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (May 25, 1976). People's Artist of the RSFSR (April 28, 1982). People's Artist of the USSR (December 13, 1984).

August 3, 1953 in the Soviet Union, a thermonuclear (hydrogen) bomb was detonated.

August 3, 1957 launched the first Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile R-7.

August 3, 1958 Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev and Mao Zedong met in Beijing.

August 3, 1959 Russian actress Lyubov Sergeevna Sokolova (07/31/1921 - 06/6/2001) gave birth to a son, Nikolai.

July 19, 1963 in the small town of Kultuk Irkutsk region, in the family of a railway locksmith Anatoly Zverev, Sergey Anatolyevich Zverev was born - a Russian hairstyle designer, makeup artist, stylist, singer. The host and the only participant in the reality show "Full Fashion" (Muz-TV) and "Star in the Cube" (MTV), "Stars in Fashion" (RU.TV).

August 3, 1968 Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky died. Born December 21 (December 9, old style) 1896 in the city of Velikiye Luki, in the family of a railway worker Xavier Rokossovsky.

August 3, 1970 in the village of Kosikha, Altai Territory Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov was born - Russian military pilot, lieutenant colonel. He was qualified as a sniper pilot. He headed the flight safety service at the Lipetsk Aviation Center. Since September 2015 he has been participating in military operation Russia in Syria. On November 24, 2015, his plane was shot down by a Turkish fighter jet over the Turkmen Mountains. Peshkov and his navigator Konstantin Murakhtin ejected, but fire was opened on them from the ground. As a result, Oleg Peshkov died. By decree of the President of Russia dated November 25 of the same year, Peshkov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.

August 3, 1971 The Financial Times reported that Treasury Secretary John Connally yesterday asked banks not to follow the example of the Bank of Michigan after a small bank increased its key lending rate from 6% to 6.5%.

August 3, 1984 Russian writer Vladimir Fedorovich Tendryakov died. Born on December 5, 1923 in the village of Makarovskaya, now the Verkhovazhsky district of the Vologda region.

August 3, 1986 Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva, Belarusian biathlete, three-time Olympic champion in 2014, two-time world champion (2012 and 2013), winner of the World Cup 2014/2015, winner of 5 small Crystal Globes of the Biathlon World Cup, Honored Master of Sports of the Republic Belarus. The most titled Belarusian athlete in the history of winter Olympic Games, as well as the world's first three-time Olympic champion, who won all her victories in individual races. On the day of winning the third gold medal at the 2014 Games, Darya was awarded the title “Hero of Belarus”, she became the first woman in the history of the country to be awarded the highest award. One of the strongest biathletes in the world in the 2010s.

August 3, 1987 film director-animator Vyacheslav Kotenochkin received the People's Artist of the RSFSR.

August 3, 1988 Mathias Rust was released early after landing his plane on Red Square.

August 3, 1989 Victor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko took the post of the 18th Chairman of the Board of the State Bank of the USSR (until September 10, 1991).

August 3, 1989 in Nice, in a family of racers, Jules Bianchi, a French race car driver, was born; two-time GP2 bronze medalist (2010-11); vice-champion of the Formula Renault 3.5 series (2012); champion of the Euroseries FZ (2009); winner of F3 Masters (2008). At the end of the race at the Japanese Grand Prix on October 5, 2014, Bianchi flew off the track and crashed into a tow truck carrying the car of Sauber pilot Adrian Sutil. The Frenchman, who suffered a head injury, was taken to the Mie Prefectural Hospital in Yokkaichi, where he underwent surgery. In November, Jules was moved to a clinic in Nice, where he was brought out of an artificial coma. He died on July 18, 2015 in a hospital in Nice.

August 3, 1994 after another heart attack in one of the sanatoriums near Moscow, the great theater and film actor Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky died ( real name Smoktunovich). Born March 28, 1925 in the village of Tatyanovka, Tomsk region.

August 3, 1995 The Federal Law “On the Fundamentals of public service RF".

August 3, 1998 The composer, Honored Art Worker of Russia Alfred Garrievich Schnittke died. Born November 24, 1934 in the city of Engels, on the Volga.

August 3, 2001 on the platform railway station Kharkov opened a monument to the character of Russian literature - the hero of "12 chairs" father Fyodor.

August 3, 2001 the alleged burial place of Genghis Khan was discovered in the Khentei aimag in the north-west of Mongolia by the Mongolian-American archaeological expedition "Genghis Khan":

In the burial ground under the ruins of the Oglogchiyn fortress, scientists believe, there are not only the remains of Genghis Khan, but also noble nobles from his inner circle. This was reported by Ytro.Ru with reference to ITAR-TASS. The still unknown burial place of the creator of one of greatest empires The world has long haunted archaeologists - not only scientists, but also treasure hunters. Several places have already been named in Mongolia and China, but none of the versions has yet found final confirmation.

August 3, 2009 Eric Schmidt's term on the Apple Board of Directors has ended. August 3, 2008 Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn died in Moscow at the age of 90. According to the son of the deceased, Stepan, the writer died at home from "acute heart failure." Born December 11, 1918 in Kislovodsk, into a peasant family.

August 3, 2009 in the Botkin hospital in Moscow, at the age of 77, Zinovy ​​Moiseevich Vysokovsky, a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, variety artist, died. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (March 6, 1978). People's Artist of Russia (October 24, 2003). Honored Worker of Culture of Poland (1976). Born November 28, 1932 in Taganrog.

August 3, 2012 According to Autoblog, Apple's vice president of worldwide marketing spoke in court. While most of the statements he made were focused on smartphones and tablets, as well as on the definition of what intellectual property is, he mentioned one thing in passing. amazing fact. Apple considered very diverse projects before the company started making smartphones. Among them are cameras and a car. Schiller made these statements during his speech, in which he accused Samsung of copying and stealing the design developed by Apple in the process of creating its own smartphones by the Korean company.

With August 3, 2016 the taxpayer will be able to report his new property and car to any tax office. This is stated in federal law dated July 3, 2016 No. 240-FZ “On Amendments to Part One of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation”.

August 3rd Orthodox Church honors the memory of one of the four great prophets Old Testament- Ezekiel, who was born in the city of Sarir in 622 BC. e. His father was a priest. When Ezekiel was 25 years old, he was taken with the captives to Babylon. In captivity, the prophet lived near the river Chebar.

At the age of 30, the saint had a vision in which not only the future of the Jewish people, but of all mankind was revealed to him. The prophet saw a radiant cloud, in the center of which was fire, and in it was a likeness of a chariot driven by spirits, and four winged animals. Each creature had its own face: a man, a calf, a lion and an eagle. In front of their faces were wheels dotted with many eyes. Above the chariot was a crystal vault, and above it was a kind of throne made of shining sapphire. On the throne was a "likeness of a Man", around which there was a rainbow.

Later, the church fathers interpreted the vision. The "Likeness of Man" was a prototype of the incarnation of the Virgin Mary and the Son of God, and four animals symbolized the four evangelists, wheels with eyes - parts of the world with peoples living all over the earth.

After the vision, Ezekiel fell to the ground from fear, but a voice from above told him to get up and announced that the Lord was sending him to preach to the people of Israel. After that, the prophet announced to the captives about the upcoming trials and punishments for apostasy from the True God. The saint foretold the coming of better times, the liberation of people from Babylonian captivity, the uprising of the Temple of Jerusalem.

The prophet had the gift of miracles. With the help of prayer, he divided the waters of the river, which allowed the Jews to cross to the other side, hiding from the persecution of the Chaldeans. In times of famine, Ezekiel asked the Lord to increase the amount of food for the hungry.

According to legend, around 571 BC. the prophet was executed. He was tied to wild horses, which tore the body of the saint apart.

As early as August 3, the Church remembers Onuphry the Silent, who in the 12th century tied himself up in the Near Anthony Caves. The relics of the saint are in the nearby caves of the Lavra and are revered as imperishable. Onufry became famous for his silent shutter, is revered in the face of the saints.

August 3: customs and traditions of the day

On Onufry, our ancestors got along with bins, prepared places for grain in the barns. The bins were ventilated, dried and cleaned, rotten boards were changed in them, and the floor was re-laid. In memory of Onufry the Silent, they tried to work in silence.

In general, many important rituals are associated with silence, when a person needs to turn to spirits - a representative of another world. They were silent during the performance of love rituals, fortune-telling, treatment. They did this so that the spirits would not penetrate the person and cause harm. They were silent during the cutting of the beard - the last bunch of ears on the field. They believed that it was inhabited by field spirits that could inhabit a person. It was forbidden to talk during a thunderstorm, so that the demons pursued by the Lord would not enter a person through the mouth. Violation of the ban on silence was punishable by dumbness and illness.

It was supposed to be silent during important agricultural work, so as not to jinx the work. The peasants did not speak, leaving for the first time in the year in the field, and the women always silently kneaded the dough for bread. Healers collected silent water, which is endowed with an extraordinary healing power. To do this, they got up before sunrise and went to a local source, from where they collected water. At this time it was impossible to utter a word.

From that day on, they began to gradually say goodbye to summer. The peasants sowed rye, picked apples in the orchards. Compotes were cooked from apples, homemade wine and kvass were put. You can’t eat them raw, but you can only process them.

In some regions, it was customary to run cats into the hut so that they would catch all the mice. They no longer swam in the reservoirs, because the water was not warm enough, and they were afraid that the water one would not pull it away.

August 3: signs and beliefs

1. If the night is cold and fresh, then the winter will be frosty and early.
2. Thunderstorms - to a long and damp autumn.
3. Magpies scream loudly - the winter will be warm.
4. Large heaps on anthills - for a cold winter.
5. A lot of dew - to a poor flax harvest.
6. The fog flies along the lowlands - to warm weather.
7. The spider does not spin a web - it will rain.
8. If during the rain an owl hoots in the forest, it will soon clear up.
9. Fireflies are clearly visible - by early autumn.
10. Small fish splash on the surface of the water - to warm and sunny days.
11. Many acorns - the year will be fruitful.
12. Domestic geese are trying to fly away - it will get colder soon.
13. Warm and damp weather - to a good harvest of mushrooms.

People born on August 3 are sincere and open. They always achieve their goal. They should wear coral as a talisman, and their flower-amulet is a sunflower.

Video: church calendar August 3

Kyiv, August 3 - AiF-Ukraine. August 3 - 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in Gregorian calendar. There are 150 days left until the end of the year.

international holiday

international beer day- the annual unofficial holiday of all lovers and producers of this drink, which is celebrated on the first Friday of August.

The founder of the holiday was the American Jess Avshalomov, the owner of the bar, who wanted to attract even more visitors to his establishment in this way.

For the first time this holiday was held in 2007 in the city of Santa Cruz (California, USA) and for several years had a fixed date - August 5, but as the geography of the holiday spread, its date also changed - since 2012 it has been celebrated on the first Friday of August.

It was by this time that it had turned from a local festival into an international event - in 2012 it was already celebrated in 207 cities of 50 countries on 5 continents. In addition to the United States, today Beer Day is celebrated in many countries of Europe, South and North America, Asian and African countries.

National holiday

In the USA it is celebrated National Watermelon Day. In America, this berry is just as necessary an attribute of summer picnics as the famous hot dog. Perfectly quenching thirst and being completely low-calorie, watermelon, of course, deserves its own holiday.

Although it is not known who installed it and when, it does not lose its popularity from this, gaining more and more supporters every year.

By the way, in the USA watermelons are very popular, especially, as studies show, among the Hispanic part of the country's population. And how not to love it: huge, sweet, refreshing, it turns any meal into a real holiday.

Orthodox celebrations

The memory of the prophet Ezekiel (VI century BC);

Commemoration of Saints Simeon of Palestine, Christ for the sake of the holy fool, and John, his companion (c. 590);

The memory of the Monks Onufry the Silent and Onesimus the Hermit, Caves, in the Near Caves (XII-XIII centuries).

Angel Day (birthdays)

George, Eugene, John (Ivan), Peter, Simeon (Semyon), Anna.

A day in history

1492 - Christopher Columbus sailed from the city of Palos de la Frontera on three caravels: "Santa Maria", "Nina" and "Pinta" - in search of sea ​​route to Asia. Columbus' first voyage to the New World began.

1778 - La Scala Opera House opens in Milan.

1882 - The US Congress banned lunatics, criminals and lunatics from entering the country, and banned Chinese immigration for 10 years.

1922 - New York radio used the world's first radio sound effect: two pieces of wood depicted a slamming door.

1958 - American nuclear submarine "Nautilus" during a secret mission " sunlight» at 23:15 for the first time in history reached North Pole under the water.

were born

John Scopes (1900-1970) was an American teacher accused in The Monkey Trial (1925) of teaching the forbidden theory of evolution.

Boris Kurchatov (1905-1972) - Soviet chemist.

Nikolai Burlyaev (born 1946) is a Russian theater and film actor and director (“Two Comrades Were Serving”, “Andrei Rublev”, “Lermontov”).

Darya Domracheva (born 1986) is a Belarusian biathlete, world and Olympic champion.

passed away

Eugene Sue (1804-1857) - French writer, the founder of the criminal-sensational genre of mass literature.

Emile Berliner (1851-1929), American inventor German descent, creator of the gramophone.

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964), American writer

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008) - Russian writer, laureate Nobel Prize(The epic "Red Circle").

folk calendar

Today is the day of Simeon of Palestine.

Signs

If there is strong dew, then the flax harvest will be poor.

Today the trail is in the dew until noon.

Moon phase

The moon is in its waning moon phase. This is 21 lunar days in the lunar calendar.

On August 2, we talked about what not to do in, as well as what professional holiday celebrated in Ukraine until 2017.

IN THE WORLD

National Watermelon Day in USA. August 3rd is National Watermelon Day in the United States. In America, this sweet and tasty fruit (or rather, a berry) is just as necessary an attribute of summer picnics as the famous hot dog.

Memorial Day of the Holy Prophet Ezekiel.

In 1492 The first expedition of Christopher Columbus began. On August 3, 1492, the first expedition of the Spanish navigator, a native of Genoa, Christopher Columbus, began on the ships Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina, when he took the ships out of the harbor of the Spanish city of Palos de la Frontera.

In 1958 For the first time in history, the American submarine Nautilus reached the North Pole. The Nautilus became the world's first nuclear submarine. Apart from a completely new power plant, it had a conventional design. Many records were set during the trials, including a 1,400 miles (2,250 km) underwater crossing in 90 hours.

In 1990 The United States announced the deployment of a naval force to the Iraqi region. In August 1990, Iraqi forces invaded and took over Kuwait. Iraq immediately announced the annexation of Kuwait. On August 3, 1990, a meeting took place between Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and US Secretary of State Baker.

In 1995 Taliban fighters in Kandahar intercepted a Russian Il-76. On August 3, 1995, a Russian Il-76 aircraft with seven crew members on board, by order of the Afghan government, made a commercial flight on the route Tirana - Sharjah - Kabul.

IN RUSSIA

In 1943 guerrilla operation began rail war". On August 3, 1943, during the Great Patriotic War, the operation began Soviet partisans called "Rail War". It was held for a month and a half in the occupied territory of the RSFSR, Belarus and Ukraine.

In 1959 The first Moscow International Film Festival opened. August 3, 1959 in Moscow under the motto "For the humanism of film art, for peace and friendship between peoples!" The first Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) opened. The big prize was received by Sergei Bondarchuk's film "The Fate of a Man".

name day. Anna, George, Eugene, Ivan, Peter, Roman, Semyon, Fedor.

Born on this day. (1905) Boris Kurchatov, Soviet radiochemist, brother of Igor Kurchatov. (1910) Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Soviet theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR. (1924) Anatoly Aleksin, Soviet and Russian writer and public figure. (1935) Maria Biesu, Moldavian and Soviet opera and chamber singer, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR. (1946) Nikolai Burlyaev, Soviet and Russian actor and film director, People's Artist of Russia.

By folk calendar . Onufry the Silent. In particular, on Onufry it was customary to deal with bins (the so-called places in barns specially designated for storing grain). The owners checked whether the boards had rotted, whether the nails had rusted. Bins on this day tried to properly ventilate and dry, so that the stocks of bread do not deteriorate during storage. In some regions, cats were let into the barns so that they would catch all the mice in advance.